Giffords, Gloria Fraser

The art of private devotion : retablo painting of Mexico / principal essay and catalogue by Gloria Fraser Giffords ; with accompanying essays by Yvonne Lange, Virginia Armella de Aspe and Mercedes Meade. - Ft. Worth, TX : InterCultura : Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University , c1991 - 126 p. : ill. ; 30 cm - The Peterson Field Guide Series .

Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title at Southern Methodist U. Lovely examples of the deeply spiritual indigenous Mexican paintings of the 19th and early 20th centuries are accompanied by an in-depth study of the tradition by several scholars in the field. Sixteen color plates, 82 b&w examples.


English.


Altarpieces---Mexico.
Christian art and symbolism
Votive offerings
Painting, Mexican
Folk Art---Mexico

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